The "final solution" in Riga
Subtitle: exploitation and annihilation, 1941-1944
By: Andrej Angrick and Peter Klein ; translated from the German by Ray Brandon.
Contributors: Klein, Peter, 1962-
Series: Studies on war and genocide -- 14
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845456085
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Latvia -- Rīga; Jews -- Persecutions -- Latvia -- Rīga -- History -- 20th century; Jewish ghettos -- Latvia -- Rīga -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 -- Deportations from Latvia; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Latvia -- Rīga; Rīga (Latvia) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Work titles: "Endlösung" in Riga.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Latvia caught between two dictatorships; title: Operation Barbarossa : preparations for the German attack on the Soviet Union; title: From the pogroms to the establishment of the ghetto; title: Securing German rule in occupied Riga : the period of the large ghetto for Latvian Jews; title: Murder on a massive scale : the murder of the ghetto's Latvian Jews; title: In search of territories for the "final solution" : the road to Riga as a final destination for deportations; title: Plans for the Salaspils Camp; title: The deportation of German Jews to Riga; title: The Salaspils Camp : a detention center with many functions; title: German Jews build Salaspils : December 1941-August 1942; title: Excursus 1. SS Major Rudolf Lange and the Wannsee Conference; title: The Latvian labor market and the compulsory deployment of Jews in Riga; title: The utilization of Jewish assets and the issue of ghetto administration; title: Ghetto life and forced labor in Riga in spring 1942; title: The turning point : Operation Dünamünde at Jungfernhof and in the "ghetto for Reich Jews"; title: Forced labor and annihilation in County Commissariat Riga City; title: Failed resistance : the Tin Square Operation, October 1942; title: Annihilation instead of forced labor: Himmler's struggle against production constraints and armaments interests in General Commissariat Latvia; title: Concentration Camp Kaiserwald and the barrackings; title: Excursus 2. SS Second Lieutenant Fritz Scherwitz, the commander at Lenta : a biographical sketch; title: The decommissioning of Concentration Camp Kaiserwald, evacuation, and liberation; title: A new start and the search for justice; title: Conclusion; title: Glossary; title: Organizational chart; title: Table of ranks; title: Biographical appendix.